BASSEY IKPI

Malaak Compton-Rock

THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS

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Very well said. I have a friend who says she doesn't understand all the fuss over the loss of Mike and wishes we would just move on. She said she doesn't like Mike. I replied by explaining to her that she doesn't have to like Michael, but she must respect him and his gift. Respect has nothing to do with like, its all about acknowledging the greatness and incomparable gift that a person possesses, and so all must RESPECT.

Exactly. How many of us still actually "liked" Michael over the past decade? But how many of us can deny being amazed by his magical talent in the 1980's, especially when he stepped on the stage 25 years ago at the Motown 5th Anniversary? It would be like judging Michael Jordan's basketball career by those unfortunate years at the end with the Wizards, rather than all those championships with the Bulls...

Nicely put! No matter how we felt about him personally, he was a comet...a rare, once-in-a-lifetime occurence that blazed a trail in entertainment and touched many lives through his music and charity. God rest his soul.